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H A CARTER Separable Buttonl No. 221,730. Patented IV lay18.1880;

WITNESSE mvgmom j flaw w I UNITED STATES HIRAM A. CARTER, OF PAWTUOKET, RHODE ISLAND.

PATENT OFFICE.

SEPARABLEBUTTON.

SPEOIFIGATION fQrmihg' part of Letters Patent No. 227,730, dated May 18, 1880. I

Application filed February 27, 1880.-

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HIRAM A. CARTER, of Pawtucket, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Separable Buttons; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention has reference to that kind of separable buttons in which two push-bars are used to release the shoe of the button, so that the button cannot be separated by accidental pressure on one of the push-bars.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the spring and push-bars, made in one piece of stamped metal, and in the parts forming the button, as will 'bemore fully set forth hereinafter.

Figure 1 is a sectional view of my improved separable'button. Fig. 2 is an end view of the button proper, and Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof the several parts forming the button and shoe.

In the drawings, A is the disk of the but- E is the cap or cover within which the springlatch and pusher-bars are secured. It consists of the rimmed disk g and tubular stem h, one end of which is closed, and is provided with 40 the slits t i, in which the pusher-bars and catches move. v

F is the shoe, provided with the tubular stem k, the lower part of which is expanded. and suddenly contracted so as to form the lip Z, 5 which, passing over the catches c e, contracts the same and the spring 61, and, entering under the catches, secures the shoe to the button.

When the spring and pushers B are inserted into the cap E, the cap'is secured to the front button, A, by drawing the rim 1) over the cap g, and the whole is thereby firmly held together without solder and without the use of heat, the spring retains its original temper, and a strong durable button is produced at 5 5 the least possible cost without skilled labor.

- Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent In a separable button, the combination, with the disk A, provided with the rim b, having the notches c c, of the spring (I, catches e c, and pushers f f, and the cap E, provided with the rimmed disk g, the closed tubular stem h, and the slits t, secured to-the disk A, as described, and the shoe F, the whole constructed substantially as described.

HIRAM A. CARTER.

Witnesses:

HENRY J. MILLER, JOSEPH A. MILLER, Jr. 

